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he's been a key voice on everything from the thdrawal in afghanistan to u.s. relationships with china. the los angeles angels of anaheim has written apart from the firs family there may b no one who spends more time than donilon. as the u.s. faces economic challenges at home and rapid changes abroad with an arab spring, the white houshas made its mission to restore american prestige and influence and power around the world. i'm pleased t have tom donilon at this table for the first time welcome. >> thank you, charlie, great to be here. good to see you. >> rose: there's so much to talk about in limited time. we could spend 30 minutes just talking about your biography and your friendship with warren christopher, the clinton administration, all of that. you combine policy and politics in earlier careers and now it's the focus of the united states and its relationship with the world. how do you view the mission? because you said you wanted to restore america's credibility, its influence, its respect, and its power. >> well, i think that's exactly right, and that i
he's been a key voice on everything from the thdrawal in afghanistan to u.s. relationships with china. the los angeles angels of anaheim has written apart from the firs family there may b no one who spends more time than donilon. as the u.s. faces economic challenges at home and rapid changes abroad with an arab spring, the white houshas made its mission to restore american prestige and influence and power around the world. i'm pleased t have tom donilon at this table for the first time...
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. >> rose: and afghanistan might have been different. >> i think if we had stayed focused on afghanistan-- which is really where the heart of the problem was-- and where the 9/11 attacks began and where the taliban and al qaeda had found their way together i think we might have had a situation where afghanistan would be a lot further along and we wouldn't be in a situation where in iraq. >> rose: you suggest here that the present day analogy for president obama is u.s./iran. where president kennedy was u.s./soviet union. >> it's so much more complicated now. it was so clear for president kennedy who his adversary was and in today's world it's just not as clear. we have a reset relationship with russia, but on the other hand russia has a relationship with georgia and with ukraine that could cause us problems. we have a relatively peaceful relationship with china but on the other hand we have a host of difficult trade negotiating issues, competitive issues in latin america and china and then we have iran where we're not really at war with iran but on the other hand there's a great competit
. >> rose: and afghanistan might have been different. >> i think if we had stayed focused on afghanistan-- which is really where the heart of the problem was-- and where the 9/11 attacks began and where the taliban and al qaeda had found their way together i think we might have had a situation where afghanistan would be a lot further along and we wouldn't be in a situation where in iraq. >> rose: you suggest here that the present day analogy for president obama is u.s./iran....
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that's i think the main challenge for the people of afghanistan, as well as friends of afghanistan, the international community through the united states. it is now because he it's part of the problems. in terms of the transition and transition of security responsibilities through the afghan side, it will be difficult to envision that the transition will take place is going to take place timely. negotiations with the taliban and consolation, that in itself has not been defined by anybody -- everybody is talking about it and nobody has worked out how it works in real term in a situation where taliban are thinking of bringing the state down and the state institutions rather than getting ready to be accommodated. >> charlie: so your recommendation to the united states would be what? >> i would say that rather than jumping into the idea of reconciling with the taliban on the idea of helping afghanistan to establish a democratic system in a function of government try to stand by the process and also regain the trust of the people of afghanistan because in today's situation, the lack of trust
that's i think the main challenge for the people of afghanistan, as well as friends of afghanistan, the international community through the united states. it is now because he it's part of the problems. in terms of the transition and transition of security responsibilities through the afghan side, it will be difficult to envision that the transition will take place is going to take place timely. negotiations with the taliban and consolation, that in itself has not been defined by anybody --...
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in terms of t battle with afghanistan? >> as i've often said it's a very complicated relationship with the pakistanis. >> charlie: you met with the head of i.s.i. >> i met with general pasha a number of times and also wi general kaini a numbe of times. and have made very clear to them that they can't pick and chose among terrorists. that terrorism is a threat to their country and a threat to our country. >> charlie: they can't have a relationship with the kaini group. >> if you're against terrorism, you have to be against all forms of terrorism. you can't just pick and chose among them. secondly, that the united states has the responsibility to protect our country. and we are going to protect our country from those that plan to attack the united states. al-qaeda would you tell question had a large presence in fatah, the tribal areas of pakistan. they were planning, continuing to plan to attack our country from their. and i made very clear that the pakistanis of the united states is going to defend ourselves and that means
in terms of t battle with afghanistan? >> as i've often said it's a very complicated relationship with the pakistanis. >> charlie: you met with the head of i.s.i. >> i met with general pasha a number of times and also wi general kaini a numbe of times. and have made very clear to them that they can't pick and chose among terrorists. that terrorism is a threat to their country and a threat to our country. >> charlie: they can't have a relationship with the kaini group....
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military he commands can defeat afghanistan. >> they will never be destroyed. the taliban are part of the fabric of the part of the world, and they will have to be dealt with. >> martin scorsese, a fell after the politics. >> "casino" was a political film. the amount of excess is nothing that is never enough, until it finally explodes. ♪ >> syria is now at a state of civil war, a u.n. official said this week. it is estimated that more than 4,000 people have been killed by pro-government forces since march. but who is supplying president assad and other oppressive regimes with the technology to hunt down the dissenters? an investigation has discovered that the british company based in oxfordshire has been implicated in the sale of state of the art technology to syria, and it is not the only british company which has a role in allowing despotic regimes access to cutting edge technologies to help them spy on their citizens. here is the report. >> the arab spring. egypt. libya. now, syria. popular uprisings fueled by new technology, coordinated using mobile phone
military he commands can defeat afghanistan. >> they will never be destroyed. the taliban are part of the fabric of the part of the world, and they will have to be dealt with. >> martin scorsese, a fell after the politics. >> "casino" was a political film. the amount of excess is nothing that is never enough, until it finally explodes. ♪ >> syria is now at a state of civil war, a u.n. official said this week. it is estimated that more than 4,000 people have...
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it exams the impact of foreign interventions from kosovo to afghanistan. i'm please to do have rory at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you veryuch. >> charlie you're off this evening go back to your district. >> that's right. >> charlie: prime minister is coming tomorrow. >> on a visit. >> charlie: what's going on in london. how do you explain these riots. >> i think it's very difficult to understand and most of the explanations should be provided don't really satisfy me because nobody predicted it. i have amanning who is a black h member of parliament and from his point of view it came out of no where. he felt his community was a great deal the last 20 years, that race relations were much better. he would have said if you asked him a month ago something like this would happen, he would say definitely not. it's something from the most. so it's surprising. i think we need to take some time to understand this before we start rushing around coming up with some reasons. >> charlie: how do you police has handled it? >> it's very difficult to sa
it exams the impact of foreign interventions from kosovo to afghanistan. i'm please to do have rory at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you veryuch. >> charlie you're off this evening go back to your district. >> that's right. >> charlie: prime minister is coming tomorrow. >> on a visit. >> charlie: what's going on in london. how do you explain these riots. >> i think it's very difficult to understand and most of the explanations should...
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. >> we have not done a good job of defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are very tired about where we find ourselves today. >> let me respond. are you suggesting we should take our troops out next week? >> i said we should draw down from 100,000. we do not need 100,000 troops. >> all of the other debates walked away, but he did not on this one. >> you have a picture of who is going to be the front-runner in this race? >>cain and perry were put that it. i think they will slide in the polls. it is still not clear. >> how much of a role foreign- policy is going to play. now for a photographer who decades after her work was shot got a new turn in the spotlight. she was and lows of pioneer of her heart and currently has region was a pioneer of her art and currently has an exhibition here in washington, d.c. >> we were given the first opportunity to go to puerto rico in 1997. i tried to expose this, and it was also the first attempt to see how she could make a contribution. they leave the island in 1938 and come back to the united st
. >> we have not done a good job of defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are very tired about where we find ourselves today. >> let me respond. are you suggesting we should take our troops out next week? >> i said we should draw down from 100,000. we do not need 100,000 troops. >> all of the other debates walked away, but he did not on this one. >> you have a picture of who is going to be the front-runner in...
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would be out of afghanistan and the current strategy is not working. they're trying to come up with a plan which would bring the taliban to the table. >> this pakistan have the same interest in destabilizing pakistan and helping the extremist that had over the last decade? >> of the plainfield has altered but what karzai is hoping to convince the pakistan is is that if they deal with him, then they don't need to destabilize him. if they can reach an agreement, pakistan has an incentive to sit at the table rather than trying to destabilize karzai. >> are you optimistic of the chances of a political settlement that has the backing of pakistan and can really work? >> not in the short term. this tension between the u.s. and pakistan does not bode well for this process. diplomacy requires patience. these countries have not been in good terms for over a decade. there are only beginning to talk to one another. >> i will debut in when you are feeling more optimistic. >> german health officials have confirmed that locally grown been sprouts are the source of th
would be out of afghanistan and the current strategy is not working. they're trying to come up with a plan which would bring the taliban to the table. >> this pakistan have the same interest in destabilizing pakistan and helping the extremist that had over the last decade? >> of the plainfield has altered but what karzai is hoping to convince the pakistan is is that if they deal with him, then they don't need to destabilize him. if they can reach an agreement, pakistan has an...
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. >> the problem is not in afghanistan, this is out of afghanistan. now, it is clear, our people in afghanistan will finish this fight. this is the -- for afghanistan. more than 30 years, people have been killed. >> afghans are weary. they want their country's long war to end. that is the hope, not the expectation. things don't look very different to them post bin laden. >> for more on the continuing struggle against extremists and the fallout from osama bin laden's death, i am joined by -- jones from the rand corporation. welcome to the program. you are on capitol hill today briefing congress about the impact that a bin laden's death will have on the war against the extremism. what did you tell them? >> one of the most important messages that i noted is that i think that this network, what al qaeda is is changing. it had already begun to change but now we see with bin laden's death, a lot of the plotting is happening from affiliated organizations, allied organizations, not just the senior leadership itself. so, this is a much more in some ways, even
. >> the problem is not in afghanistan, this is out of afghanistan. now, it is clear, our people in afghanistan will finish this fight. this is the -- for afghanistan. more than 30 years, people have been killed. >> afghans are weary. they want their country's long war to end. that is the hope, not the expectation. things don't look very different to them post bin laden. >> for more on the continuing struggle against extremists and the fallout from osama bin laden's death, i...
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the nato forces in afghanistan said that six foreign troops were killed. the death camp for the prince ministry said that they opened fire. we are speaking to franklin somerville in kabul. what more can you tell us? >> we believe that this attack came in the morning. the military officer, a pilot with experience in afghanistan, became involved in an argument with foreign troops. there was a gunfight. this happened to ripen outside the military side of a kabul airport. -- this happened right outside the military side of the kabul airport. >> when using of the prison escape recently a couple of -- when you think of the prison escape recently a couple of days ago, a string of embarrassing events that lead to an undermining upper credibility. >> it does undermine the credibility of the government, but then again afghanistan is at war. we have seen the taliban come back with a vengeance. we do not know if this was a rogue soldier or a taliban impersonating a soldier. one of the things that we hear when we speak to foreign troops is that they have been speaking
the nato forces in afghanistan said that six foreign troops were killed. the death camp for the prince ministry said that they opened fire. we are speaking to franklin somerville in kabul. what more can you tell us? >> we believe that this attack came in the morning. the military officer, a pilot with experience in afghanistan, became involved in an argument with foreign troops. there was a gunfight. this happened to ripen outside the military side of a kabul airport. -- this happened...
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in the treacherous eastern mountains of afghanistan near the capital. amazing pictures coming from the western united states. a massive dust storm engulfed the city of phoenix, delaying flights. strong winds broke trees and electricity poles. reports from syria said that troops continue to surround the city appeared hanna. activists say that at least 14 people were killed on tuesday. and they attempted to prevent armored vehicles from crossing. troops estimate that as many as 100 protesters have been killed. human-rights groups declare that the syrian government are using brutal methods. the report has been compiled based on those that fled the town and took refuge in neighboring lebanon. good to have you with me, fella. international journalists are not allowed into syria. u.s. spoke to people that have fled the country? >> correct. we focused on one town in particular. we had not been authorized to enter since the beginning of this crisis. united nations investigators cannot look at the situation, but we were able to get into northern lebanon. this re
in the treacherous eastern mountains of afghanistan near the capital. amazing pictures coming from the western united states. a massive dust storm engulfed the city of phoenix, delaying flights. strong winds broke trees and electricity poles. reports from syria said that troops continue to surround the city appeared hanna. activists say that at least 14 people were killed on tuesday. and they attempted to prevent armored vehicles from crossing. troops estimate that as many as 100 protesters...
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. >> talking about the international stuff, the troops in afghanistan, this is what is happening in libya. there is a pullback in terms of the obama administration -- to be engaged and seen as already a very stressful issue, being first and foremost with foreign policy. they want other countries to be doing the driving. the united states needs to be the next option. >> do you see this as a march to the top of the hill? >> it has been the case -- that america has been forced to the military heavy lifting. if you are going to be involved in the mission, it should have equal responsibility. >> without the american firepower, there is much less headway that is being used. >> this is what you get if you keep cutting the defense budgets. you cannot do the things that you want to do. you cannot intervene when you would like to intervene, even if you would really like to. >> the un mandate was very clear on libya. but now they say with what is actually happening -- is this a good idea. >> this is not a good idea, anywhere. what is happening is that the united states and their allies in the west a
. >> talking about the international stuff, the troops in afghanistan, this is what is happening in libya. there is a pullback in terms of the obama administration -- to be engaged and seen as already a very stressful issue, being first and foremost with foreign policy. they want other countries to be doing the driving. the united states needs to be the next option. >> do you see this as a march to the top of the hill? >> it has been the case -- that america has been forced to...
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that our support financially of afghanistan will be indefinite. but that's becoming a less and less popular view and perhaps unsustainable on its own. >> rose: we continue with donald rumsfeld, the former secretary of defense, talking about his memoir "known and unknown." >> the photographs of the people that abused prisoners in our care in iraq damaged the country damaged the military, and i knew they would be prosecuted and they were. some were still in jail, and they should have been. they were not interrogators interrogatg people they were guards. the people they were abusing were not people that should be interrated, they were just being detained and that was terrible thing what they did. and it seems to me that there has to be accountability and so i did resign twice. >> rose: a closing note for the interview with donald rumsfeld. if you want to see more of it, go to our web site, charlie rose.com. tonight all about foreign policy wi richard lugar and then donald rumsfeld next. every story needs a hero we can all root for. who beats the odds
that our support financially of afghanistan will be indefinite. but that's becoming a less and less popular view and perhaps unsustainable on its own. >> rose: we continue with donald rumsfeld, the former secretary of defense, talking about his memoir "known and unknown." >> the photographs of the people that abused prisoners in our care in iraq damaged the country damaged the military, and i knew they would be prosecuted and they were. some were still in jail, and they...
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we defeated the taliban governme in afghanistan with 400 american advisors. because the northern alliance, okay, the afghans led this, okay. when they le it, we are superfluous. when they won't lead it and te ownership there aren't enough american troops to make it work. what is when we leave it will be divided by a south and north and will they be any worse off, will we be any worse off? i really don't see it. rather than fuing this massive cltoocracy. >> this is the deaf little of imperialism. we have done quite a bit of work around. if you look at the places where i mentioned this program before, 85 countrieswe talk raw sees have wristen and the u.s. was heavily involved in building capacity. we know one fact when capacity isn't there, then they just revert back to autocracy. tom's point is a real problem we're creating incredibility pendency problems in afghanistan right now, and nonetheless i think it's a risk worth taking because we know simply pulling back in most of cases does lead to authoritarianism. >> there's a reason to be that, to build up the
we defeated the taliban governme in afghanistan with 400 american advisors. because the northern alliance, okay, the afghans led this, okay. when they le it, we are superfluous. when they won't lead it and te ownership there aren't enough american troops to make it work. what is when we leave it will be divided by a south and north and will they be any worse off, will we be any worse off? i really don't see it. rather than fuing this massive cltoocracy. >> this is the deaf little of...
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if the foreigners leave now, it will not be good for afghanistan. in the past we have fighting house-to-house, village to village. if they leave, history will repeat itself with another civil war. this man disagrees. while the farmers are here, there will only be more fighting, he says. the afghans want them to leave. president obama's announcement may have a big psychological impact here. some 70,000 american soldiers are remaining behind. but if afghan's start to think the west is heading for the exits, some at least will consider switching sides and joining the taliban. so, for washington and london, it is more important than ever the afghan forces demonstrate they are capable of taking on the taliban. bbc news, kabul. >> the international security assistant forces senior representative to afghanistan joins us now on the line from kabul. thank you for being with us. did this is beginning to look like a stampede for the door. no sooner than mr. obama speaks than france's sarkozy says his troops will go and britain has a plan for withdrawal as well
if the foreigners leave now, it will not be good for afghanistan. in the past we have fighting house-to-house, village to village. if they leave, history will repeat itself with another civil war. this man disagrees. while the farmers are here, there will only be more fighting, he says. the afghans want them to leave. president obama's announcement may have a big psychological impact here. some 70,000 american soldiers are remaining behind. but if afghan's start to think the west is heading for...
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less than a week after 38 service members were killed in afghanistan, the u.s. commander there says those responsible have been hunted down. the libyan government has accused nato of killing 85 civilians in an air raid on the west side of the country. our correspondent was among journalists taken by the government to see destroyed buildings east of the capitol, tripoli. e-mail find some of these images disturbing. -- you may find some of these images disturbing. >> under the fierce summer sun, they came to bury their dead. civilians, they told us, more than 20 in all at this mass funeral. the anger against nato was clear. at the side of the -- at the site of the hairs for itself, they were recovering the bodies, they told us, of 10 children. it is hard to know if nato did strike this area, exactly what the strategic value was. the libyan government is telling us there was no strategic value here, that it was purely a civilian target. >> data says it struck a site -- nato says is for the site that was a staging area for pro- gaddafi forces. at the mortuary, they
less than a week after 38 service members were killed in afghanistan, the u.s. commander there says those responsible have been hunted down. the libyan government has accused nato of killing 85 civilians in an air raid on the west side of the country. our correspondent was among journalists taken by the government to see destroyed buildings east of the capitol, tripoli. e-mail find some of these images disturbing. -- you may find some of these images disturbing. >> under the fierce summer...
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that is the glide path in afghanistan. because of the commitments we have blunted the commitment of the taliban, we're seeinging process-- progress on the civilian side and most importantly in the fight against al qaeda. >> rose: secretary clinton in her testimony said that she was opposed at the beginning to the withdrawal in the numbers that the president decide on. >> yeah, one of the things about being in the government in the interagency process. >> rose: this is clear. >> i think what's important is that we learn from each other in these discussions. i've had a chance now throh two administrations to sit around in a situation where we participate in policy debates efernlt comes in with the perspective. we have a lot of respect for each other and dynamic. they were different perspectives around the table. but what was clear and i think the reason secretary clinton feels satisfied with the decision is that one, we're carrying o what the president said whi is that the surge would begin to be awn down i july of this year
that is the glide path in afghanistan. because of the commitments we have blunted the commitment of the taliban, we're seeinging process-- progress on the civilian side and most importantly in the fight against al qaeda. >> rose: secretary clinton in her testimony said that she was opposed at the beginning to the withdrawal in the numbers that the president decide on. >> yeah, one of the things about being in the government in the interagency process. >> rose: this is clear....
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policies in afghanistan will be successful. more than 50% say they will not, and more than one-third remain unsure. on the front line, soldiers are continuing to fight. now, a series of recordings released by the u.k. minister of defense is offering unique insight into the lives of british troops in afghanistan. you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. >> the men, some little more than boys, are led by their lieutenant. they arrived in 2007. by the end of their six month tour, one will be dead, and many injured, in a summer that changed their lives. he was filming the whole six month tour in what was for many their first taste of battle. >> there is no one there. we knew something was about to happen, but we did not know when. >> he had already seen fighting between the taliban and british troops. they knew that april 13th would be a tough day. the start of their first major operation against the insurgents, just weeks after arriving. >> safety off. taliban. >> where? >> taliban! run! >> i was thinking, this i
policies in afghanistan will be successful. more than 50% say they will not, and more than one-third remain unsure. on the front line, soldiers are continuing to fight. now, a series of recordings released by the u.k. minister of defense is offering unique insight into the lives of british troops in afghanistan. you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. >> the men, some little more than boys, are led by their lieutenant. they arrived in 2007. by the end of their six month...
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he's the key voice as president obama announces the number of troops he withdraws from afghanistan next month. he's pressure for significant with drawlg. secretary defense robert gates representea pace of the draw down. >> president obama considering the size and pacing of the troop de drown beginning in july. i can tell you it will be no rush to the exits. the vast majority ofhe surge forces that arrived over the past two years will remain rough the summer fighting season. we also reassign many troops from the areas transferred to a began control to into less secure provinces and district. >> charlie: admiral mullen returned from a trip to egypt and germany. president obama nominated martin dempsey precede him. i'm arneed to have admiral mullen back at this table. >> thank you, charlie. >> charlie: let me talk about of gland stan. what's the status on the ground and what kind of negotiating is going on before talk about withdrawal. >> well the status on the ground is actually improved and continues to improve over the course of the arrival of these forces that president obama put in la
he's the key voice as president obama announces the number of troops he withdraws from afghanistan next month. he's pressure for significant with drawlg. secretary defense robert gates representea pace of the draw down. >> president obama considering the size and pacing of the troop de drown beginning in july. i can tell you it will be no rush to the exits. the vast majority ofhe surge forces that arrived over the past two years will remain rough the summer fighting season. we also...
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at any given moment, day or night, there's always a fuelling plane above afghanistan. once done, we had back. -- we head back. it does not make the headlines, but it is crucial to the fight. not only fuel -- nearly every coalition soldier comes by flight into or out of afghanistan. >> it provides a location where proximity matters. it allows the international efforts in afghanistan to be sourced much quicker at times than from other locations in the world. >> but now the new leader says he will shut down the base when the lease runs out in 2014. this could seriously complicate the logistics of president obama's plan. with pakistan increasingly unreliable and with the threat of losing the space, the u.s. has been calling on other central asian leaders. this was hillary clinton on a recent trip to pakistan. president used to be regarded as a pariah in washington. but the u.s. has now lifted the ban on military aid to his country. >> 2014 is approaching. we not only need to get troops and materials into afghanistan, but they need to get a lot of high-tech equipment out. d
at any given moment, day or night, there's always a fuelling plane above afghanistan. once done, we had back. -- we head back. it does not make the headlines, but it is crucial to the fight. not only fuel -- nearly every coalition soldier comes by flight into or out of afghanistan. >> it provides a location where proximity matters. it allows the international efforts in afghanistan to be sourced much quicker at times than from other locations in the world. >> but now the new leader...
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in afghanistan, the taliban remains strong. in october, british troops withdrew from the marines by a quarter of their numbers. their mission is to protect a road against insurgents. caroline went out with them and sent this report. >> this checkpoint translates as -- the last village. it feels very far from anywhere. this remains hostile territory, where the taliban is still very much in evidence . on the building that you can see over there, probably the closest taliban firing point. soldiers have been fired upon while guarding the checkpoint, but also while out on patrol. to the soldiers here, they feel vulnerable. most of them in a 20's. >> we feel protected in the vehicles. on foot, slightly more dangerous. >> some have had a miraculous escapes, but several in this unit have been seriously injured in firefights and by roadside bombs. >> i have got a wife and daughter. i tend not to tell them much. the less they know, the better. >> spending christmas in this remote spot, as much as they can, away from family and friends. >
in afghanistan, the taliban remains strong. in october, british troops withdrew from the marines by a quarter of their numbers. their mission is to protect a road against insurgents. caroline went out with them and sent this report. >> this checkpoint translates as -- the last village. it feels very far from anywhere. this remains hostile territory, where the taliban is still very much in evidence . on the building that you can see over there, probably the closest taliban firing point....
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take that as an opportunity to also bring scripture to them, because i have had calls from iraq and afghanistan, where soldiers are struggling, so to bring them the story, a disciple of krishna tells themn the battlefield, when conflicted about going to war, and krishna says it is your duty, and that is beautifully explained, that we should, that one shouldn't raise our calling as a duty -- that one should embrace are calling as a duty. -- our calling. >> the army captain there on her experience as being the first team the chaplain in the u.s. military. that brings today's show to a close. of course, you can get updates on all of our stories on the website, and for me and the rest of the team, we are on twitter. thanks so much for watching. i will see you back here tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. he
take that as an opportunity to also bring scripture to them, because i have had calls from iraq and afghanistan, where soldiers are struggling, so to bring them the story, a disciple of krishna tells themn the battlefield, when conflicted about going to war, and krishna says it is your duty, and that is beautifully explained, that we should, that one shouldn't raise our calling as a duty -- that one should embrace are calling as a duty. -- our calling. >> the army captain there on her...